Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Facing Opposition heat, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced a judicial probe into the alleged suicide by a DySp, which has raised a political storm in the state. As his government came under severe attack over alleged suicide by Mangaluru DySp M K Ganapathy, Siddaramaiah made the announcement in the Legislative Assembly, which has been rocked by the issue for

Mumbai, Jul 13: In a jolt to AIMIM, Maharashtra State Election Commission today barred it from contesting local body elections along with 190 smaller outfits for failure to submit Income Tax returns and audited accounts, ahead of a string of civic polls including the Mumbai city corporation. Known for its controversial stance on a host of issues including the allegations against Islamic preacher

Mangaluru, Jul 13: A gang of three miscreants barged into a beef stall at Mastikatte area in Ullal on the outskirts of the city and attempted to murder a youth in the broad daylight on Wednesday. A severely injured Mohammad Kamaaluddin, 25, son of Nasir, a resident of Alekal, was rushed to a private hospital in Thokkottu for treatment after the attack. The eye-witnesses have identified the

Mangaluru, Jul 13: A groom collapsed all of a sudden and died at his home on the day of his wedding in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. 28-year-old Sachin, a resident of Kandur near Panja village in Sullia taluk, was getting ready to go to the temple for his wedding rituals, when the incident took place. The Muhurtham was supposed start at 12 noon. All preparations were done at Paindodi

Kasaragod, Jul 14: Even as reports are emerging on the missing families from Kasaragod and Palakkad migrating to northern Syria, investigations by various Intelligence agencies have not obtained any solid lead to validate the theory. “We are yet to come across any movement of families between Kerala and Syria for preaching Islamic orthodoxy,'' said a top intelligence officer. A Facebook page

Thiruvanathapuram, Jul 13: Security agencies, airlines, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and passengers were on tenterhooks for over two hours on Tuesday night following anonymous calls that a passenger bound for Muscat from the Thiruvananthapuram international airport was carrying explosives. Search by CISF personnel that man the airport did not yield anything suspicious from the baggage of the

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Bengaluru development minister KJ George said that the government was planning to increase the number of Metro coaches in each train from three to six in the near future and examine the proposal to reserve a coach for women. He was replying to Mahalakshmi Layout MLA K Gopalaiah, who said women were finding it difficult to find seats. Gopalaiah sought to know if BMRC planned to

Mangaluru, Jul 13: One of the accused in Mangaluru pub attack case, Shailesh Ganiga aka Shailu, was arrested by the sleuths of Mangaluru North police station on Tuesday under the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum-Grabbers Act. This follows a report submitted by Shantharam, Police Inspector, Mangaluru

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Calling DySP Kallappa Handibag, who committed suicide after his role in kidnap case of a youth for ransom came to light, “an honest” officer JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said in the legislative assembly that the government made him a scapegoat in the betting case. Mr Kumarswamy sought chief minister Siddaramaiah's intervention for giving compensation to widow of

Bengaluru, Jul 13: An insensitive remark by a BJP legislator Lakshman Savadi against Forest Minister Ramanath Rai created a ruckus in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. The minister lost his cool and tried to charge at the Opposition benches menacingly when Mr Savadi said the minister should be sent to a mental asylum. Enraged by the minister's gesture the BJP members trooped into the well of